JFLNYC wrote:

azrider wrote:I don't think they would want to take on Herrera and his contract and I don't think they would take it without both moniak and kilome included.

If they want to dump that amount of payroll they're not getting any primo prospects any more than we did when we traded Abreu.

smitty wrote:Phillies only lack pitchability, hittability and fielability.

Wheels Tupay wrote:

smitty wrote:Phillies only lack pitchability, hittability and fielability.

also runability and coachability

pacino wrote:Wonder if that's tracked

mtcal wrote:

pacino wrote:Wonder if that's tracked

somehow phils are second to last with only 7 times gidp on the first pitch of an ab (wash has 6)

might not include tonight

just seems like they do it a lot

“They can’t coexist on the same team. There is no way they could,” manager Pete Mackanin said of Hoskins and Joseph. “It wouldn’t be fair to either guy. It wouldn’t be fair to us. It wouldn’t be fair to Tommy. Tommy has got a chance to hit 30 home runs and drive in 90 runs. I mean, to take that possibility away from him I don’t think is fair to him, regardless of what we think about him. He’s a pretty good hitter.”

“To bring Rhys up here just to play part-time doesn’t make sense to me,” Mackanin said. “If he could play another position, if either one of them could, it would make it easier for me to do. But I don’t think it would help either guy or us to find out about Rhys Hoskins if he is not playing on a regular basis.”

“Being here, and seeing what he does, I think he’s probably the most underrated player in baseball,” Buchholz said. “I really do. The way he goes about his business on the field, in the clubhouse. He’s a great teammate.

“If he doesn’t win a Gold Glove this year, I don’t know who deserves one more. He’s a bright spot in this organization, for sure.”

“This guy wants to win as bad as anybody I’ve seen,” Bowa said. “He takes it personally when we lose. I’m sure he’s starting to understand this: He could go 0 for 24, and the way he plays out there, he saves a ton of runs. I tried to tell him that in spring training. You don’t have to hit .300 to be a leader. I think he’s well aware of that. Everybody in there respects the way he plays.”

Blanco agreed.

“I wouldn’t swap that kid for anybody, even if they hit 40 homers,” Blanco said. “He comes to play and win every day. That’s why he’s the guy.”

pacino wrote:oh:

“They can’t coexist on the same team. There is no way they could,” manager Pete Mackanin said of Hoskins and Joseph. “It wouldn’t be fair to either guy. It wouldn’t be fair to us. It wouldn’t be fair to Tommy. Tommy has got a chance to hit 30 home runs and drive in 90 runs. I mean, to take that possibility away from him I don’t think is fair to him, regardless of what we think about him. He’s a pretty good hitter.”

“To bring Rhys up here just to play part-time doesn’t make sense to me,” Mackanin said. “If he could play another position, if either one of them could, it would make it easier for me to do. But I don’t think it would help either guy or us to find out about Rhys Hoskins if he is not playing on a regular basis.”